Effect of bosentan on systemic sclerosis-associated interstitial lung disease ineligible for cyclophosphamide therapy: A prospective open-label study

Journal of Rheumatology

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2011, Pages 2186-2192

  Furuya, Yoshiaki ^a   Kuwana, Masataka ^a  

^a KEIO UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (Japan)

Author keywords

Endothelins; Interstitial lung disease; Pulmonary hypertension; Systemic sclerosis

Indexed keywords

BOSENTAN; CARBON MONOXIDE; CORTICOSTEROID; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; ENDOTHELIN RECEPTOR ANTAGONIST;

ADULT; AGED; ARTICLE; BACTERIAL PNEUMONIA; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DETERIORATION; DISEASE ASSOCIATION; DISEASE COURSE; DISEASE DURATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; DOPPLER ECHOCARDIOGRAPHY; DRUG EFFECT; DRUG MEGADOSE; DRUG TOLERABILITY; DRUG USE; FEMALE; FORCED VITAL CAPACITY; HIGH RESOLUTION COMPUTER TOMOGRAPHY; HUMAN; INTERSTITIAL LUNG DISEASE; LUNG DIFFUSION CAPACITY; LUNG FIBROSIS; LUNG FUNCTION; LUNG FUNCTION TEST; MALE; MORTALITY; OPEN STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; PULMONARY HYPERTENSION; RELAPSE; SCORING SYSTEM; SURVIVAL; SURVIVAL RATE; SYSTEMIC SCLEROSIS; TOTAL LUNG CAPACITY; TREATMENT DURATION; UNSPECIFIED SIDE EFFECT; VASCULITIS;

ADULT; AGED; ANTIHYPERTENSIVE AGENTS; CYCLOPHOSPHAMIDE; FEMALE; HUMANS; LUNG; LUNG DISEASES, INTERSTITIAL; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESPIRATORY FUNCTION TESTS; SCLERODERMA, SYSTEMIC; SULFONAMIDES; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 80053501626     PISSN: 0315162X     EISSN: 14992752     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3899/jrheum.110499     Document Type: Article

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